太二八20 ……看哪，我天天与你们同在，直到这世代的终结。

　　启十7 但在第七位天使发声的日子，要吹号的时候，神的奥秘就完成了……。

　　“这世代的终结”一辞……的原文也可译为“这世代的完成”，或“这世代的总结”。这世代的终结就是指要结束这世代之大灾难的三年半。因此，这世代的终结不是这世代的结束，乃是这世代的末期。

　　我们在马太福音末了一节看见“这世代的终结”一辞（二八20）。因着我们盼望被提，我们就期待主与我们同在，直到这世代的终结，不是直到这世代的结束。在这世代的结束，主要降临到地上，祂的脚要站在橄榄山上。这事发生以前，将有一段时期，圣经称为这世代的终结，这段时期将持续三年半（马太福音生命读经，七九八至七九九页）。

　　Matt. 28:20 ...And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.

　　Rev. 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he is about to trumpet, then the mystery of God is finished...

　　The Greek phrase [for the term the end of the age] can also be translated “the completion of the age” or “the consummation of the age.” The end of the age denotes the three and a half years of the great tribulation that will terminate this age. Therefore, the end (consummation) of the age is not the close of the age, but the very last period of the age.

　　This term the consummation of the age is found in the last verse of Matthew (28:20). Because we hope to be raptured, we expect the Lord to be with us until the end of this age, not until the close of the age. At the close of the age, the Lord will descend to the earth and place His feet on the Mount of Olives. Before this takes place, there will be a period of time which the Bible calls the consummation of the age, a period of time which will last three and a half years. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 721-722)

　　第七位天使吹号的时候，神的奥秘就结束了〔启十7〕。从亚当到摩西，以及从摩西到基督这两个时代，每件事都是揭示出来的，都是显明的，并没有奥秘。将来在千年国时代和新天新地里，也是这样，一切都是揭示出来的，不再有奥秘。但是从基督到千年国的时代，一切都是奥秘。这奥秘的时代开始于基督的成为肉体（提前三16），然后是基督自己（西二2）、召会（弗三4~6）、诸天的国（太十三11）、福音（弗六19）、基督的内住（西一26~27），最后结束于圣徒要来的复活和改变形状（林前十五51~52），这些都是历世历代所隐藏的奥秘（罗十六25，弗三5，西一26）。第七号吹响时，这一切奥秘都要完成、结束并且过去。在吹第七号时，不仅神忿怒的审判要临到地上，神的奥秘也要完成〔启十7〕。

　　今天内住的基督和召会乃是奥秘。……当我们说，“赞美主，基督在我们里面！”他们也许要说，“拿出来给我们看看！”这时候我们只能回答说，“我无法拿给你们看，但我知道基督在我里面。”基督住在我们里面乃是一个奥秘。在饭馆里，如果出纳员多找了钱，非基督徒会觉得很高兴，认为占了便宜。但是我们会把这些多找的钱归还，这对出纳员是个奥秘。不信主的人无法了解我们到底是什么人。……虽然今天是奥秘的时代，但到第七号吹响的时候，奥秘就要过去。吹第七号的时候，基督要显明出来，全地都要认识祂。那时候，那些出纳员就要明白，为什么我们这些奥秘的人会把多找的钱还给他们。他们也许会说，“我们从前以为他们是傻瓜，现在我们明白了！”他们虽然今天不懂这奥秘，但是有一天就会明白（启示录生命读经，三六五至三六六页）。

　　基督的两次来，就成了这奥秘时代的开端和结束。在这一个奥秘的时代里，神所作的一切都是奥秘。譬如，耶稣基督成为肉体、钉死、复活、成为那灵、进入信祂的人里面，这都是奥秘。还有，救赎、赦罪、重生等，这些是怎么一回事？奥秘哉！不仅基督是奥秘，我们各个人也都是奥秘（神圣分赐的异象与新路实行的指引，二七至二八页）。

　　参读：马太福音生命读经，第六十二篇；启示录生命读经，第二十四、二十六、三十篇；圣经中四个“七”的预言，第一、六篇。

　　When the seventh angel is about to trumpet, the mystery of God will be finished [Rev. 10:7]. In the dispensations from Adam to Moses and from Moses to Christ, everything was unveiled, manifested, and there was no mystery. It will be the same in the dispensation of the millennial kingdom and in the new heaven and the new earth—everything will be unveiled and there will be no more mystery. But in the dispensation from Christ to the millennial kingdom, everything is a mystery. The incarnation of Christ, as the beginning of this dispensation of mystery, is a mystery (1 Tim. 3:16). Christ Himself (Col. 2:2), the church (Eph. 3:4-6), the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 13:11), the gospel (Eph. 6:19), the indwelling of Christ (Col. 1:26-27), and the coming resurrection and transfiguration of the saints as the ending of this dispensation of mystery (1 Cor. 15:51-52) are all mysteries which were hidden in the times of the ages (Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:5; Col. 1:26). All these mysteries will be over, completed, and finished at the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, not only God’s judgment of wrath upon the earth, but also “the mystery of God is finished” [Rev. 10:7].

　　Today, the indwelling Christ and the church are a mystery….When we say, “Praise the Lord! We have Christ in us,” people may say, “Show us.” To this, we can only reply, “I cannot show you, but I know that Christ is in me.” Christ’s dwelling in us is a mystery. When non-Christians receive too much money in change from a cashier in a restaurant, they are pleased and consider it a bargain. But when we receive extra change, we return it. This is mysterious to the cashier. The unbelievers cannot understand what kind of people we are.... Although today is a time of mystery, when the seventh trumpet is sounded, the mystery will be over. At the trumpeting of the seventh trumpet, Christ will be manifested and the whole earth will recognize Him. Then the cashiers will know why we, the mysterious ones, returned the extra change. Perhaps they will say, “We thought they were foolish, but now we understand.” Although they cannot understand this mystery today, one day they will understand it. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 311-312)

　　The two comings of Christ become the beginning and the end of this age of mystery. During this age of mystery, everything that God does is a mystery. For example, the Lord’s incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, becoming the Spirit, and entering into the believers are all mysteries. Furthermore, redemption, forgiveness, and regeneration also are mysteries. Not only Christ is a mystery; even all of us are mysteries. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Vision of the Divine Dispensing and Guidelines for the Practice of the New Way,” pp. 289-290)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 62; Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 24, 26, 30; CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “The Prophecy of the Four ‘Sevens’ in the Bible,” chs. 1, 6